Amazon
Application Security Engineer, AWS Security
$159K–$202K
Austin, TX +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 3+ years programming; 2+ years each in specified non-internship scripting/programming/code review and troubleshooting/log analysis/command-line automation. Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
About the job
Validates and improves the security of AWS applications and services through security reviews, penetration testing, automation, research, and guidance to development teams.
What you'll do
- Conduct application security reviews and penetration testing; identify and address security issues.
- Develop security tools and automation, perform research, and deliver security metrics and documentation.
- Provide security training and guidance to internal development teams and contribute to team planning and mentoring.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- 2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review experience in a common programming language.
- 2+ years of non-internship systems troubleshooting, log analysis, or basic task automation using command-line tools.
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience; knowledge of networking protocols and security vulnerabilities and remediation.
Nice to have
- 2+ years in any combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security.
- Experience with security activities across software development lifecycle phases, such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary); 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, HTTP
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